Smart and funny women in Colombia

bufalo says on May 20, 2005, 05:25:

I´ve met smart girls in Colomiba, met more who due to the current economic, social......situation aren´t considered smart or will never get a chance to be so, but I honestly donn´t think I ever met a colombiana who was funny. I mean, funny things have happened with them, but like, comedic funny? No, not really. I laughed at several things some said, but thinking about it it was really just an inthe momentthing (she was hot, we were partying blah, blah) Never thought about that before. I´d like to see other opinions.

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor

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kat1 (Moderator) says on May 20, 2005, 05:31:

I prefer my english friend more than the Colombian ones. My English friend are more relax and very funny. when we out together we have a laugh, while most of my Colombian friend are a bit serious and some of them if they don't have their boyfriend or a man by their side they are bored. That is why I try to go out more with my sister.she is mad ;-)

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Nora says on May 20, 2005, 06:00:

Oh please, don’t you all start confirming the old prejudice about hot but self centred boring latinas now. I met some badass funny faces in Costa Rica and I’m sure they’re around in Colombia as well. –Bufalo: sure you weren’t just focusing too much on the “hot” part to realize she was actually a killer joke teller (or stealing your wallet)?

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t_i_knowles says on May 20, 2005, 06:26:

hmmmmnn.... ...I would try the library... but don't forget to whisper!!! ...or the posh seats at a football game. You could try buying them pie and mash instaed of tequila (if they have that there)!!!

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N2Aquatix says on May 20, 2005, 06:33:

Never Really Thought About It I've never really thought about that one. My Colombiana has a good sense of humor for sure, but I'm definitely the jokester in the crowd. I haven't really gotten a chance to fully understand Colombian humor because I'm usually too busy cracking jokes of my own. My guess would be that there are plenty of funny women there. Smart? Hmmmm.....I kind of have to agree with Bufalo on the socio-economic thing. Education is not as easy to achieve in a country where a large portion of the society is just trying to survive.

Jay

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Crazy Eagle says on May 20, 2005, 06:47:

depends where you hang? I would have thought the type of people you meet depends on where you hang out. I mean, if you live near a university or downtown, and you belong to a nice health club, I would think you would meet smart athletic women. Surely, in a big city like Bogota it would not be too hard to find these types of neighborhoods. Does anyone who lives there agree?

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claudia82 says on May 20, 2005, 06:51:

socioeconomic I've met plenty of smart women some of them rich some aren't. Many rich girls are hollow but the same goes for girls with less economic resorces....in here u can find girls who doesn't have the money to pay a expensive Uni but they could save and pay for a tecnical study but instead of that the money they save is used in getting boobs or liposuction....so it's relative...in here like everywhere you'll find all kinds of people...I have very funny smart friends but we don't live in Bogotá ;) If u want to P.M. I could talk to a friend that lives there and maybe u could meet

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Anggrek Hitam says on May 20, 2005, 06:58:

I have also met many women in Colombia,
some are rich while others are poor.
Some are fat while others are skinny.
Some are tall while others are rather low.
Some are intelligent while others are stupid.
Some are black haired while others are blond.
Some are greedy while others are generous.
Some are quick while others are slow.
Some are nervous while others are calm.
Some are beautiful while others are ugly.
Some are good dancers while others are lousy dancers.
Some are pregnant while others are not.





hmmm..........what was this post about?

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claudia82 says on May 20, 2005, 07:02:

Crazy Eagle u'r right The kind of people u meet depends in the places you go or where you live

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Nora says on May 20, 2005, 07:08:

Exactly, so where do I go…? CE: hope I haven't said anything that gives a general impression that I'm looking for athletic girls, remember I'm not here to date:)

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elmodefoque says on May 20, 2005, 08:14:

silly girl, just to get rid of that stupid imagination of mine everytime i hear the words "scandanavian" and "chick" please post a pic. you have no idea what i imagine right away. thanks

ASK NOT WHAT THE PUSSY CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THAT PUSSY!!!!!!!!!! CAT LOVER

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Albatross says on May 20, 2005, 08:24:

. Try Las Flores Frescas in Cali, Silly...

P.S. I'd really love to hear you and your girls talk politics.

“Democracy - a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H.L. Mencken

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utopiacowboy says on May 20, 2005, 12:25:

My wife is hilarious. She is one of the funniest people I know. In fact she is so cute and funny, I don't know how she is allowed to roam the earth loose.

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Colombiche says on May 20, 2005, 12:49:

Sillygirl.... You are right, I see a lot of stereotypes flying around this thread. You will meet colombian girls that are funny, others that aren't. You will meet colombian girls that are dumb, others that are bright as can be. Just like anywhere else, there is a bit of everything. I am a colombian girl, and I am a total joker. So are my friends down in colombia, I have some friends that literally make me wiss my pants laughing. I have to warn you however, that colombian humour is very different from Scandinavian or American or Canadian... even Costa Rican humour.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Colombiche says on May 20, 2005, 12:52:

And the cultural differences... are what might keep a lot of foreigners from finding the humour in colombianas.....

Anyways, I've been posting so much crap lately in this forum, I have had a flu for like a week and I am bored shitless, can't go out and I have a killer headache. What the hell can I take to get rid of a headache that just won't go away no matter whatttttttttt?????

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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viewpoint says on May 20, 2005, 13:25:

COLOMBICHE Go the the nearest pharmacia and buy some TETRACYCLINE 500mg pills they are 10 each for 1,550 pesos more or less. Take a couple of them a day and that should kill most anything that's bothering you if it's a virus or some other kind of unwanted guests in your body. I take one a day just to make sure.

DR. VIEWPOINT

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carter says on May 20, 2005, 13:34:

Candelaria Always found funny girls in this area. made a lot of female friends who i could sit around and joke with. Rather than those who can only have a male friend as a sexual partner and don't know how to be friends with a guy without rooting them.

I find a lot of girls in Colombia over the age of 25 are no longer friends with girls from College or Universiy and only have....

shi he key in be ween R and Y jus broke

anyway i´ll coninue

....boyfriends or husbands as friends

wha s all ha abou ?

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teppar says on May 20, 2005, 13:36:

explain the difference please.... i hear everyone saying colombian humour is different....can you or anyone else explain it....i know i haven't been able to understand...

cheers

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Colombiche says on May 20, 2005, 13:53:

thanks dr viewpoint I think I have a flu virus. It has lasted way too long and it has been worse than any other flu I ever had. Maybe I have the chicken flu or something?

How can you tell if what you have is not just a flu, but THE CHICKEN FLU??


colombiche (steer clear of chickens)

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Colombiche says on May 20, 2005, 13:59:

Teppar Colombian humour is different, just as British humour is different from say, Australian or Canadian humour. I know some people are going to jump down my throat for this but sometimes you just have to be IT to understand IT. There are certains things we say in colombia that are so funny, but I know that anybody else couldn't get them. Never mind, sometimes there are things that Paisas say, that rolos would not understand.
Paisas (a region of colombia) have a humour that is notorious for PUNS. Playing with double meanings. We actually have an artform around it called "TROVAS". Trovadores actually have showdowns doing this. Playing with words, AND IT ALL HAS TO BE IMPROVISED ON THE SPOT. Kind of like the Iron Mic of the Montañeros.

For example, after 9/11 this paisa trovador came out with a song that said something like:

"I will not fly to new york, because they are going to squash my twins".

There are also wordgames like:

No es lo mismo huevos de araña, que arañame los huevos
No es lo mismo crespusculo que un crespo en el culo....

etc etc etc. I have plenty more of these.

Anyway, gotta go back to nursing my chicken flu.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Colombiche says on May 20, 2005, 14:03:

One final thing... You guys should try finding some of these songs, they are a complete piss. I can give you some of the names, for those of you who understand some Spanish. They are pretty quick, but they are funny, sarcastic, dirty. You name it.

I.e "Las cronicas del arriero"
"El Manicomio de vargas vil".

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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utopiacowboy says on May 20, 2005, 14:15:

Sometimes my wife tells me some of these funny little songs. She's got a million of them!

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quindioman says on May 20, 2005, 14:17:

those songs are hilarious colombiche is right....how about that song about the sonambiche gerente

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kernow62 says on May 20, 2005, 14:24:

Colombiche you are correct, sometimes you have to be IT to get IT.

I know with British humour it is even a regional thing, what is funny to a Londoner might not be to a Mancunian and vice versa. I imagine it is the same perhaps more so in Colombia. I would have to agree with UTC too, my wife is also quite funny, she knows all sorts of songs that have word games in them. When she isn't being funny she is laughing at me. ja ja.

I don't agree that one needs an education to be "smart", just because one isn't educated doesn't mean one is less smart. It just might manifest itself in other forms. Is an uneducated person living in the jungle that has an intimate knowledge of the natural world any less smart than a man who went to the University of Chicago?

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Colombiche says on May 20, 2005, 14:24:

cockney The one about el Hijo de Tuta? Yeah, that one is funny.

How about the song called 'Al Bajad Mamad'
The guy is saying a bunch of dirty things in spanish but it all sounds like Arabic "bajale la baba a la almojabana, bajale la raja para mojame, mojale la oreja y la saliva va"... ha ha ha!! And the background music is Arabic sounding, even the way he vocalizes.. what a clown! I almost died when I heard it for the first time.

How about "Que vida tan malparida"
It is about this girl who keeps trying to find a job, but every boss just wants a piece of her arse. It is so funny.

La panaderia de mi suegra

About this mother in law who opens up a bakery where they bake fresh 'cucas'... and the customers who come in just want to get their hands on the cucas (in Colombia, Cucas are a typical kind of cookie. It is also the word for the female body part).

Like I said, you just have to get it.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Colombiche says on May 20, 2005, 14:28:

Ay there is the Rub Mr Kernow is right!!! You are so right. That is the difference between intelligence and education.

There might be people out there who have iq's above 130 who never had a chance to cultivate themselves because of their enviroment. There is intelligence might manifest itselft in different ways (like singing trovas) ha ha.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Colombiche says on May 20, 2005, 14:30:

what the hell am I writing.. There are so many typos in all my posts, that I am going to lay off the cough syrup.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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dwmte says on May 20, 2005, 15:29:

colombiche.... listen to dr. feelgood above (viewpoint) tetracycline is very good if not the best. follow his advice...forsake a joke or two and get to the pharmacia, now.

too, take hot lemon and honey. squeeze a half lemon (not lime) in a small cup of hot water...add honey to make it sweet enough to drink. this will add nature's best to science's best, above mentioned. this is mom's receipe...works every time.

peace.

stella said to pay attention to yourself and follow sound advice for healing yourself.

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hopeful says on May 20, 2005, 20:33:

kernow If your wife is laughing at you then maybe you are the one who is funny jaja

Some of the Colombian sayings are funny to me - my favorite so far is from a friend studying at a university - she calls reading "eating books" haha

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kernow62 says on May 20, 2005, 20:38:

I never thought about that (hopeful). I like to imagine myself as a serious sort.

Doctor DW what is your recipe for getting rid of the shits? Don't tell me te de canela, or cerveza con azucar cause they aren't working.

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bufalo says on May 21, 2005, 03:07:

I never worried about a colombiana stealing my wallet. What kind of girl are you assuming I was with? oh, just because I said that she was hot you assume... I can´´t help the fact that I haven´t found any ha ha funny girls in colombia yet. I´ve had several colomibna girlfriends who I shared funny times with, but I wouldn´t necesarily say that they themselves are funny. Outside of Bogotá I seem to find most women extrememly jealous of other women, so friendships are in jeapordy (how do you spell that?) a lot. I see a lot of what Kat1 and CrazyEagle posted.

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor

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kernow62 says on May 21, 2005, 04:00:

bzzzz, "Alex, what is jeopardy?"

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bufalo says on May 21, 2005, 04:45:

I kept trying to think of the show as well. one of those moments. thanks

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor

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kernow62 says on May 21, 2005, 04:58:

bufalo I couldn't think of it either, it is an odd word, like leopard. Is leopardy the act of being like a leopard?

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Crazy4Cali says on May 22, 2005, 06:51:

that, of course, begs the question... How fast can a Jeopard run?

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Nora says on May 23, 2005, 09:06:

Tack:) I guess this post is dead now, being so far down on the list (wow you gus are active!), but thanks to everyone. You never really came with any answers to my question (except for Carter and Claudia –double thanks), but knowing some of you guys are there, I'm not too worried about meeting fun people.
Elmond: I’m pretty sure I know what you were thinking…Scandinavian women are probably about the most stereotyped in the world, but I’m neither blond nor swimming naked in lakes right now.
Albatross: I’ve worked in top politics the last three years, and most of my girls work as journalists, economists or mangers. Whenever you wanna come up here and discuss fiscal policy or oil price development with us you’re truly welcome, provided you have something sensible to say.
Colombiche: I agree that there are a lot of cultural differences in humour, but you’ve made me laugh a lot on different occasions so there are some universal parts as well:)

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Lionheart says on May 23, 2005, 13:43:

smart girls ... I have been talking to several intelligent women, and some are in Bogota ... none of them go out to hang out anywhere. They work their cute butts off during the week and spend the weekends with their families. In the evenings they seem to cook their dinners, prepare their clothes for the next day, watch TV, and chat on the internet for a bit.

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utopiacowboy says on May 23, 2005, 17:48:

Interesting. The life you describe is pretty much how my wife lived. Occasionally she would go out but not very often.

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Lionheart says on May 23, 2005, 18:02:

another observation They all seem to get up around 4-5am and head to bed between 8-10pm. They tell me often about the weekends at their parent's house or other relatives, 1-2 nights of dancing and partying with the others, Sunday to church, lunch at mom's, then back home to prepare all for the week.

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caslug says on May 23, 2005, 23:33:

another observation... unless the two people can understand each other langauge (ie, communicate fluently and have a extensive vocabulary), it is impossible to have deep intellectual or philosphical conversation. NOT because the your partner lack intellectual capacity, but because the langauge issue. I find that my limited spanish or my local friends limited english, is not enough to hold deep conversation. Heck, i don't even know how to translate what i just wrote in spanish or even how to speak it.

Which normally leads me keep the conversation on a light and fun topic. But i do notice that inate sense of humor or intelligent can be communicated even with limited vocabulary by the action. example, i asked an amiga in bogota to go to the national museum with me, while there i would ask her about displays and their description. she obviously did her best to translate what the text description said, BUT she also gave me some historical insights in many case. Showing me that she was a knowledgable person.

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Nora says on May 23, 2005, 23:53:

Family life OK. The week life is pretty much how I'm used to living (except for the appallingly early morning hours!), the weekends seem to be the difference -looks like I'll have to start a family on arrival:)

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utopiacowboy says on May 24, 2005, 19:28:

Here's how my wife handles the language issue. She just says whatever she wants, however she wants to say it and assumes that I am clever enough to follow what she is saying. I knew two words for snake, culebra and serpiente. So one day she starts talking about a vibora which I didn't understand meant viper. I asked her why didn't she use either of the two words I do understand for snake - she said it never occurred to her to alter her vocabulary for me.

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